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ROS were also found to be required for Fas-mediated apoptosome formation (Sato et al. 2004), and promote apoptosis via the extrinsic pathway through upregulation of death receptors or by serving as intermediates in the activation of kinases (Sinha et al. 2013; Tran et al. 2007).

It is now clear that all of these different PIs are 'active' in their own right, rather than many just serving as intermediates in the synthesis of the higher phosphorylated species.

In this proposed mechanism, the possibility of magic-sized clusters serving as intermediate between monomer and regular nanorods is excluded.

Thin SiO2 layer serving as intermediate layer between TiO2 and NR, was produced through vapor-phase chemisorption followed by UV/ozone treatment.

Our results show that lymnaeid species serving as intermediate hosts of this trematode are widely distributed across the phylogeny.

Pigs perpetuate the life cycle by serving as intermediate hosts and the source of cysts, which develop into tapeworms in humans (taeniasis).

Lipoxygenase-produced oxidized fatty acids may serve as intermediates in chemical and pharmaceutical syntheses.

To illustrate the scope, a study has identified 30 building blocks that can serve as intermediates in chemical industry.

In an ideal case, bridging organizations, such as NGOs, for example, can serve as intermediates between the different levels (Plummer and FitzGibbon 2007; Schultz et al. 2011).

Oximes are not only useful for protection, purification, and characterization of carbonyl compounds [1] but also they can serve as intermediates for conversion into nitro compounds [2], amides [3], nitriles [4], and amines [5].

These compounds are scarcely studied in the literature, due to difficulty of synthesis, whereas they could serve as intermediates in the synthesis of biological relevant molecules and could also be envisioned to design new constrained peptidomimetics.